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Lucky escape!

SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth — As gunshots rang out at the commercial centre of this town last Monday leaving two people dead, one man who was test driving a car with a view to buying it barely escaped with his life. Read More

Did Barham threaten others with his gun?
SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth — In the aftermath of last Monday's shooting at the heart of this south-central Jamaica town, there are persistent reports that businessman/ex-politician Warrenton Barham, who police said shot and killed 25-year-old Lotoya Williamson before being shot dead...... Read More

Keeping Manley's legacy alive at ROXBOROUGH
MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Norman Manley's legacy of hard work and determination is certainly being carried on by the staff at Roxborough in Manchester — the birthplace of the National Hero.... Read More

Manchester High Class of '87
MANDEVILLE, Manchester — The Manchester High School Class of 1987 had its 30th anniversary reunion celebration from July 7-9.... Read More

Popular St Elizabeth police chief moves on

Monday, July, 17 2017

Black River , St Elizabeth — Superintendent Lanford Salmon, chief of police in St Elizabeth, had startling news for members of the St Elizabeth Municipal Corporation when he visited their regular monthly meeting last Thursday. Read More

Pilgrimage to Roxborough

Monday, July, 17 2017

MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Scores of people turned out for the annual pilgrimage to Roxborough, six miles south of this south-central town on July 4, to mark the 124th anniversary of the birth of National Hero Norman Washington Manley. Read More

Worrisome!

Monday, July, 17 2017

Mandeviille , Manchester — The Manchester police are once again urging road users to drive, ride and walk with due care following a surge in road deaths in the central parish. Read More

Mandeville mayor wants 'twinning' with England's Manchester

Monday, July, 17 2017

MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Mayor of Mandeville and Chairman of the Manchester Municipal Corporation, Donovan Mitchell wants to strengthen his organisation through partnership with the city of Manchester in England. Read More

Outstanding

Monday, July, 17 2017

Michael Frew, captain of the 2017 St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) cricket team, took the top individual award at a recent ceremony in Kingston to mark the close of the schoolboy cricket season. Read More

Samuda says Denbigh Show will go on

Friday, July, 14 2017

KARL SAMUDA, the minister of industry, commerce, agriculture and fisheries, gave the clearest indication this week that the 65th staging of the Denbigh Agricultural Show will go on. Read More

Guard accused of fatal shooting of Haile Clacken offered bail

BY ALICIA SUTHERLAND Observer staff reporter sutherlanda@jamaicaobserver.com | Friday, July, 7 2017

MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Attorney-at-law Dwight Reece, in making a bail application for his client at the Balaclava Courthouse yesterday, said that the issues in the case involving the death of mentally ill St Elizabeth man Haile Clacken, as put forward by the prosecution, were... Read More